NON-CHEMICAL CONTROL TRIALS
 
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    Alternative red imported fire ant control method and result demonstration- Bastiaan M. Drees, S. Bradleigh Vinson, Garland McIlveen, Michael E. Heimer, and Donald A. Portie. (1987)
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    Evaluation of potential attractants for the Red Imported Fire Ant -  Charles L. Barr and Bastiaan M. Drees(1991)
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    Acceptance and efficacy of Beauvaria bassiana formulations to laboratory colonies of the red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera:  Formicidae) - Charles L. Barr and Bastiaan M. Drees.  (1991)
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    Detergent as a method of fire ant control in floodwater - Charles L. Barr and Bastiaan M. Drees.  (1991)
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Evaluation of Fool-a-bug® V-m Protector as an Exclusion Device Against the Red Imported Fire Ant and the German Cockroach - Rody L. Best, Bastiaan M.  Drees, and Charles L. Barr.  (1999)
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Second Evaluation of The Fool-a-bug® V-m Protector as an Exclusion Device Against Foraging Red Imported Fire Ants and German Cockroaches - Rody L. Best, Charles L. Barr, and Bastiaan M.  Drees.  (1999)
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Control of Imported Fire Ant Colonies by Field Removal - Bastiaan M. Drees. (2001)
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Final Report on Testing of TB131-1, a Beauveria bassiana Product Manufactured by Troy Biosciences for the Control of Individual Colonies of Red Imported Fire Ants - Charles L. Barr, Rody L. Best, Lisa Lennon, Dale Mott, and Scott Russell. (2001)
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Laboratory Assay of Effect of Instant Grits and Malt-O-Meal for Imported Fire Ant Control - Bastiaan M. Drees. (2001)
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Bastiaan "Bart" M. Drees
Professor, Extension Entomologist and Regents Fellow
Department of Entomology
412 Minnie Belle Heep, 2475 TAMU
College Station, TX   77843-2475
Ph: 979-845-7026
Fax: 979-845-7029
Email:  b-drees@tamu.edu  

Dr. Charles L. Barr Extension Program Specialist
Department of Entomology
Building 4431, TAMU Riverside Campus
Highway 47, P.O. Box 2150
Bryan, TX 77806
Phone: 979-845-6800
Fax: 979-845-6501
E-mail: cbarr@tamu.edu